1. Europeana Projects Group Assembly
The Hague, September 25-26, 2013

2. EAGLE - Europeana Network of
Greek and Latin Epigraphy
A Digital Bridge to the Ancient World
Europeana Projects Group Assembly
The Hague, September 25-26, 2013

3. Rome, S. Sebastiano fuori-le-mura, memoria apostolorvm (memorial of the
Apostles). Devotional graffito of Dalmativs in new Roman cursive (ICVR, V 12932).
Second half of 3rd century.
What is
EAGLE?

4. E- Library for Greek
and Latin Epigraphy
 the new online archive for Ancient Epigraphy in
Europe funded by the European Commission
(3.75 m euro)
 for the first time, collections of the most important European
epigraphy archives are accessible online through:
• EAGLE Portal
• Europeana
• WikiMedia

5. The epitaph for Caius Cestius, inscribed
along the Pyramid of Caius Caestius in
Rome, Italy
Our
Mission

6. Our Mission
 to establish a worldwide, free resource for Greek
and Latin Epigraphy linked to Europeana

7. Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella, Rome
Our
Goals

8. Our Aims
 contributing to Europeana with its collected
Greek and Latin Epigraphy records,
photographs, translations
 creating a Best Practice Network in the field of
Ancient Epigraphy heritage
 offering users and content providers easy-to-use,
multilingual tools to upload, search, enrich,
contextualise & aggregate content

9. Rome, Basilica of S. Sabina, interior of the entrance-wall.
Mosaic building inscription of Peter of Illyria. Pontificate of
Celestine I (422-432).
Our Collections

10. Our Collections & Archives
 EDR
 EDH
 EDB
 Arachne
 Petrae
 Hispania Epigraphica Online
 Last Statues of Antiquity
 Vbi Erat Lupa
 Starc Collection
Total Number of Items:
1.500.000

11. Rome, S. Lorenzo fuori-le-mura, basilica of Pelagius II, triumphal
arch. Mosaic decoration with the dedicatory inscription. Pontificate of
Pelagius II (579-590).
EAGLE
Best Practice Network

12. Who we are
 19 partners
(technological providers
& content providers)
 11 European Countries
 2 Subcontractors
Fragment with a gold-threaded inscription, Museo Nazionale Romano,
Rome, Italy

13. Funerary relief with the portrait of three brothers, Rome, Musei Capitolini
Our Partners

14. Our partners
Content Providers
 Eötvös Loránd University
 Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
 Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of
Sciences and Arts
 German Archaeological Institute
 Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation
 The British School at Rome

15. Our partners
Content Providers
 Sapienza, University of Rome (Project Coordinator)
 University of Bari, "Aldo Moro”
 Heidelberg University
 The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of
Oxford
 University of Alcalà
 Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg
 Babes-Bolyai University

16. Our partners
Technology Providers
 Italian National
Research Council
 University of Leuven
 GOGATE
 PROMOTER
 EUREVA
Marblestone found on the via Appia and preserved in the
Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella, Rome, Italy

17. Our partners
Subcontractors
 Europeana
 Wikimedia Italia

18. Example of an inscription, displayed on a
rock wall within a Roman Quarry.
Our
Audienc

19.  students
 teachers
 researchers
 tourists
 general public
Our Users

20. www.eagle-network.eu

21. Aaron Swartz
In memoriam
Thank you!
raffaella.santucci@uniroma1.it